Puerto Rico joined all 50 states in America’s Potluck for America250.
America’s Potluck was a nationwide communal-meal initiative held on July 5, 2026, the day after the semiquincentennial. Organized by the America250 Utah Commission and adopted across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, it invited neighbors, families, and community groups to host or attend shared meals.
The program used a familiar community tradition to extend anniversary participation beyond formal ceremonies. Its date also made it a follow-on event to Independence Day rather than the main July 4 observance itself.
Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, not one of the 50 states. That distinction explains the wording: the initiative covered all 50 states and additionally named Puerto Rico. Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are also U.S. territories, but they were not the territory specified in this account of America’s Potluck.